SENTIMENTOS DIANTE DA NÃO AMAMENTAÇÃO DE GESTANTES E PUÉRPERAS SOROPOSITIVAS PARA HIV FEELINGS OF PREGNANT AND POST-PARTUM WOMEN WITH HIV/AIDS ABOUT NOT BREASTFEEDING SENTIMIENTOS FRENTE A LA FALTA DE AMAMENTAMIENTO EN MUJERES GESTANTES Y PUÉRPERAS CON VIH

This study aimed at investigating the feeling of pregnant and post-partum women HIV bearers for not being able to breastfeed. It is a qualitative study held from October to December 2003, in Fortaleza - CE. Five pregnant and eight post-partum women HIV bearers were interviewed through a semi-structured interview. The results show that pregnant and puerperal women think that maternity would be complete if they could breastfeed. They said that the fact they cannot breastfeed brings guilt, frustration, suffering, unfulfilled wishes, impotence and destroyed dreams. However, they also show indifference to the important fact of not breastfeeding. It is concluded that the women with HIV manifested physical, economical and psychological difficulties because of the not breastfeeding.